The latest photos of the VooDoo Child 1 (VDC 1)...
As I mentioned earlier in this thread, the lower waist is moved back towards the bridge. This drives the entire guitar towards the player's left, which helps to lower the right elbow.
Body front: Figured maple in the middle, followed by 2 strips of torrified maple, followed by swamp ash in the outer areas.
Mahogany back. Screw-on neck.
The small hole is used to feed the strings into the hard tail bridge.
The dark stripe in the middle is torrified oak.
The modified hard tail bridge sits in a East Indian Rosewood base.
The 3 main reasons why I like the idea of using a “hard tail” bridge in an acoustic guitar:
1) The height of any one string can be easily adjusted, independently of the others.
2) Intonation can be easily adjusted. This can become an issue if you want to change the gauge of the strings.
3) It’s bad enough that as humans, we have to cut down trees to make guitars. However, in this day and age, it seems unconscionable that we still use parts of dead ANIMALS for saddles.
3.1) Fabricating bone saddles makes my shop smell like a dentist office.
This guitar has a real nice sound. It's quieter than a typical dreadnought or OM (The VDC only has about 57% of the body volume). But even with the hard tail bridge, it still has a fairly warm sound.
I hope to have a video out soon.
Please stand by.
Comments and questions welcome!
Jeff
KOZM Guitars